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1927

1927 were an Australian band that formed in 1987 and a string of hit singles through the late eighties and early nineties.

I was a fan :)

"...ish", their first album was (and still is) one of my favourite albums of all time. "The Other Side" I got as well but it didn't grab me in the same way.

I had this poster of them up in my room (at least I think I did, I don't have any photographic evidence)

I decorated the whole back of my Year 11/12 school folder with a poster of the band.

I carried a picture of Eric around in my wallet.

I saw them live twice. The first time was at the NSW Institute of Sport at Homebush, probably in 1990. We sat on the side and I meticulously wrote down every song they played. The second time was at the Sutherland Entertainment Centre, aka "The Bop" one Friday night in 1991. I was quite close to the stage that night but got annoyed at a girl in front who kept bopping sideways, alternately obstructing my view.

Then they disappeared.

The next mention I saw of them was over last new years in Sydney - they were to be the support act for Roxette. But that was in Sydney and all too hard.

Then a few weeks ago Mix106.3 announced that they were coming to Canberra. I put out a notice on the blog, but the only two people that showed any initial interest decided they weren't really interested after all. I didn't really want to go by myself, so it all got too hard. The sweetie said he'd go with me if I really wanted him to, but I was thinking as of the day of the concert that I probably wouldn't go.

But then late yesterday afternoon I asked Neil if I should ask if there were any tickets left and he said yes. So I called and they still had tickets left, so I bought two! At which point Windy came by and said Nanette and her friends were going and he actually might have been interested if he could find babysitting. So he arranged that - win!

So he picked me up and we went and dropped off the laptop and on call phone to Neil (thanks Neil!!) and off we went.

We arrived a bit after eight and picked up my tickets. We had 399 and 400.

They'd said on the phone earlier that doors would probably open around 8:15. Met up with the others and waited. And waited. And waited. In the end they didn't let us upstairs til ~8:50pm :( But because we were in the foyer right by the stairs, we were among the first to go up! So of course we took up position right in front of the stage :)

Then we waited some more.

We were even close enough to see the set list for the night..

Which translated is:

To Love Me (...ish)

Don't Forget Me (The Other Side)

Nothing in the Universe (...ish)

The Other Side (The Other Side)

Tell me a Story (The Other Side)

Compulsory Hero (...ish)

It Ain't Love (1927)

Stop the World (Generation-i)

Believe in Your Own Lies (Generation-i)

You'll Never Know (...ish)

Give the Kid a Break (...ish)

Propaganda Machine (...ish)

That's When I Think of You (...ish)

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The Mess (...ish)

If I could (...ish)

Finally, a bit after 9:30, they came out!!

It took me mere seconds to realise I was going to need earplugs. I could *feel* the music, and the wind from the speakers. And as soon as the guitars started I knew I was going to get deafened and stressed. So put in the earplugs and that worked well.

So as it turns out, Eric (now known as Erik) is the only original member of the band left. Everyone else is new. When I saw 1927 the first two times, they were actually a little boring - they just all stood there and played their songs. Erik seems to have relaxed quite a bit these days - he seems more like a muso just enjoying what he does. There wasn't a whole lot of interaction with the crowd though.

So I sang along to the songs I knew, and took photos during songs I didn't...

After the show we hung around a bit comparing photos. I went and bought myself a tshirt and their latest cd. And the keyboardist (above) came out, so Nanette dragged me over to get an autograph :) I asked if the rest of the band would be out, and he said probably in around fifteen minutes. So we hung around.

So worth it!!!

OMG I got to hug Erik!!!!!!

Very squeeeeeee ;)

And I got my cd autographed by the whole band :):):)

So thanks Neil for the kick in the butt to get tickets, and looking after on call for me, it was a totally awesome night :):):):)

In Other News Part 6 - Damien Birthday Lunch

This morning headed to Yarralumla to the Oaks Brasserie for a birthday lunch for Damien.

The cafe is super dog-friendly - they even have a section on the menu for dogs!

There was Donkey Kong to be played (sadly the batteries were going, so couldn't see really well enough to play it properly)

The usual suspects (lots of others too, just not great photos heh)

I had a cheesy spinach calzone which was yummy

Damien had an enormous bowl of cheesy wedges

The service was a bit sporadic. Actually it was completely inefficient and some people had finished eating by the time other people got food. But they did very nicely split the bill up, even though it said on their menus they don't do that. So that was nice of them.

We sat outside which was lovely in the sun, although a little chilly when clouds came over.

Lovely lunch catchup, happy birthday Damien! :)

In Other News Part 2 - Lego Brick Expo 2012

Last year when Neil and I went to Lego Brick Expo, we noticed that there was a "VIP Dinner". So this year we decided we'd go along to it. I was expecting more people from the general public, but it was mainly exhibitors and other people already involved with the day. Still, it was a lot of fun, and the best thing was getting to look around the exhibition not only with no crowds, but sipping on champagne :)

The Saturn V rocket was super awesome

The Dish

Government House in Victoria, made by the owner of the OzBricks Bricklink store

Closeup of the top of the Saturn V rocket

I drooled over these mosaics.

These two were done with bricks on four boards

And this one with plates on nine boards

No crowds!!!

Carillon, Parliament House and War Memorial

Where's Wally?

Wall-e and Eve were there again this year

There was a pretty big Star Wars section

I loved this tree in full bloom

Domo!

And then we headed into dinner.

I think this was pork, but I'm not really sure. It was yummy though!

And a delicious, tender steak

With chocolate mousse for dessert

The guest speaker was Gary McIntire from Legoland California. He talked about his life with Lego and how he got work at Legoland.

My creation (with a bit of help). Pretty tragic really, I'm not creative at all!

I did add to my Lego earrings

A great night!

Skiing July

During our team meeting on Thursday I was complaining about people who didn't respond to emails or meeting invites. Since one of the meetings was for Friday, but I still didn't have response for it, Steve said "come to the snow". So I did! Postponed the meeting til Monday (in which case I'll *still* probably have to call the guy and say "do you want any help with this project or not?").

So up at stoopid o'clock (just before 5am). Dozed in the car but didn't really sleep. Picked up gear at Cooma and had Scottish Restaurant for breakfast.

We parked at Smiggins, but still had a hike to the ticket office. Got myself sorted and was on the snow at 9am.

It was an awesome day for it. Good snow (although a little thin in places) and glorious sunny skies. In fact I had to take my beanie and eventually gloves off because it was just too hot. Queues weren't too bad in most places - only a couple that I had to wait more than a couple of minutes for (Ridge Quad and Happy Valley T).

Lunch was at Blue Cow at 12pm, and was surprisingly uncrowded (probably because most people were outside enjoying the sunshine). Left a bit after 4:30pm.

Blue Cow Terminal from Side Saddle

Main Ranges from Guthega Peak

The last time I did Norwegian Trail at Guthega was in 1999 and I didn't see the dam, presumably because of trees in the way. So was quite surprised when I saw it this time.

Riding a T-Bar in Guthega

Blue Cow Terminal from Blue Cow High Traverse

Last time I was at the snow I had the GPS with me, and recorded a pretty cool track for the day. This year I decided to cover as much of the resort as possible, and go on as many different lifts and runs as I could. I did pretty well, not repeating too much, but didn't get to Mount P. Oh well - next time!

Twenty eight lift/t-bar rides, twenty green runs, nine blue runs (although some of them were mixed up a bit). 44.6 kilometres covered on skis (includes lifts). And I didn't fall over at all. Awesome day :):)

Jigsaw Crossing?

You know how there is Bookcrossing? I think there should totally be Jigsawcrossing!! Because seriously, who does jigsaws and then keeps them forever? (OK so I do, but that's only jigsaws that I've had in forever!). These days I'm very happy to do jigsaws and pass them on. Actually at work there's a good supply of them, and whenever I get them from elsewhere I donate them to the cause. But it would be kinda cool to have meetups where people just swapped jigsaws to do .. just sayin!!

Coast Weekend, July

Friday after work we headed down to the coast. We listened to a Harry Potter audiobook. Other than that, nothing eventful.

So arrived, and marvelled at the STARS!!

Then set about turning everything on. Except I couldn't turn on the gas. Knob was jammed. I was already hungry at this point, so was getting stressed and grumpy from low blood sugar level. Then we heard from Dave - he hadn't even left home yet! (people had bailed at work so he had to fill in for them). So we abandoned thought of using the spa that night, and went into Bateman's Bay to get some dinner.

We went to "Little Restaurant and Bar". With a super friendly waitress and chef. Lovely service.

Stu had a pork croquette dish off the specials board.

And I had lamb cutlets

For dessert Stu had banana and pecan nut pudding

And I had a Lindt Swiss chocolate slice

Accompanied by a nice pear cider.

All super delicious, a great find.

So we get back to the house and Dave had just arrived, to tell me I'd been doing it wrong, turns out there's knobs on each gas cylinder as well. That I couldn't actually see, from my angle, in the dark. Yeah so I felt completely useless. So had a breakdown and went to bed. As you do.

Saturday was just doing a jigsaw, a walk to the shops, crosswords, and that was about it for the day.

In the evening we cracked open the Heineken keg and ordered pizza (three smalls which got demolished in short order).

Warmed up the spa and enjoyed that for quite a while, getting through almost all of the keg between us. I was quite impressed with our effort heh.

This morning just more jigsaw, although I didn't finish it - sky is taking far too long.

Then we tidied the house and headed home, stopping at the Scottish Restaurant for lunch.

Did some fish tank stuff when I got home, as well as geotagging holiday photos and house tidying. So a productive afternoon/evening, but that didn't stop the Sunday night depression :(

Peter at the Dumpling

As is tradition when meeting people at the Dumpling Inn, went to Jamo and had a couple of beers with Neil, and joined this time by Aquila which was nice.

So Peter met us at the Dumpling Inn, where we'd tried to go last time but it was closed. Had shredded beef peking style, and the three cup wine chicken, and satay squid and it was all delicious.

And I didn't take any photos to prove any of it..! Shocking!!

The Ten Commandments

A long time ago it was Easter tradition for The Ten Commandments to be aired on TV. Like nineteen eighties long time ago.

(Found this on IMDB: Every year since 1973, American TV network ABC airs this film on Easter, or Passover. In 1999, when for some reason ABC chose not to televise it, they received numerous irate phone calls from people accustomed to watching it every Easter than they have for any other film they have ever telecast. )

Tonight I thought I'd watch it again. Far out it's a long movie :)

Comment Spam

Since the beginning of the year, comment spam has been getting past reCaptcha. It comes in waves and it's actually been relatively quiet recently.

But got one today spamvertising "www.topwritingservice.com" that was somewhat amusing.

Term papers completing utilizes a lot of time. Why loose time? This is more easy to buy essay and take a break.

So you're a "top writing service" but can't even spell "lose" correctly or make any grammatical sense at all? I'd love to see your quality writing if you can't even spell correctly in your spam.

I guess the only people that would ever use a service like that would be those that are too stupid to know the difference between lose and loose. And so they get what they deserve.

Best Run Trivia Night Ever?

Well that's what someone said. Two people actually. Or something that effect.

Which is nice :)

Cause at first I thought everything was too easy. Then I thought everything was too hard. Probably an ok mix.

Biggest fails were the Google Doodles (too easy) and the Celebrity Birth Names (too hard). And those big filler rounds were a pain to mark!

Anyways .. until next time... hrmmmm... :)

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